Did the French Government ever apologize for the Holocaust?

by Twitterless_Dave

I watched a documentary on Black Brazilians which said "the Brazilian Government is the only Government to publicly apologize for slavery in their country." After watching a french movie called The Roundup have a lot of questions.

~Has the French Government ever formally apologized to the victims and their families of The Holocaust?

~ Was their ever anything equal to an Underground Railroad where Jewish people could escape before or during the Roundup?

~ How are Germans treated in France today?

~ My French Teacher told us about a time he told a joke to a German friend mentioning the Gestapo and the German didn't know who or what they were. So, In Germany do they not teach about was the nazi party did to the Jewish people? I can understand that it is a touchy subject, but how is the holocaust taught in schools ?

~Were Germans and Jewish people married during the round-up? If so were they split up?

Adventor

Concerning your fourth point:

The crimes of Nazi Germany, everything that led to it and WW2 as a whole are taught VERY prominently in Germany. I might be overestimating it a bit in hindsight, but History lessons felt like 1/4 Nazistuff, 3/4 for the complete rest of human history. They even sneaked lessons about Nazi Germany into other subjects like Religion/Ethics (discuss the ethics of Nazi Germany!) or German Language (read a book about Nazi Germany!). We were force-fed the topic to a degree that some kids would simply snap and refuse to discuss the topic anymore. Luckily that stance starts to fade as soon as the topic is no longer forced down your throat..

The Gestapo is absolutely included in that education.

Flagg1982

In 1995, President Jacques Chirac acknowledged the part the French state played in the Holocaust I

GeorgiusFlorentius

The French assembly has enacted a law that says that slavery and slave trade are crimes against humanities (in 2001) and there are frequent commemorations which include public apologies; I don't doubt that France is not the only colonial power to have done so. To answer your other questions: as mentioned by /u/Flagg1982, Jacques Chirac has officially recognised the role of Vichy in the Holocaust, and every president since then has reiterated these apologies. There is no special animosity towards Germans in France nowadays (or at least, nothing linked with geopolitical rivalry); in general, history programs in schools emphasise European unity.

/e the question clearly borders on the 20 years limit, and so does my answer, but I assume that it might be considered as a form of historiographical topic.

daedalus_x

I'm not sure what you mean by "The Roundup". Are you talking about the general practice of collecting European Jews for transport to extermination camps, or the Vel D'Hiv Roundup? And if the latter, was your last question meant to be about French people and Jewish people?